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authorMatt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>2009-02-07 19:00:09 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-02-08 21:51:25 -0800
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gitweb: add $prevent_xss option to prevent XSS by repository content
Add a gitweb configuration variable $prevent_xss that disables features to prevent content in repositories from launching cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks in the gitweb domain. Currently, this option makes gitweb ignore README.html (a better solution may be worked out in the future) and serve a blob_plain file of an untrusted type with "Content-Disposition: attachment", which tells the browser not to show the file at its original URL. The XSS prevention is currently off by default. Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build):
Rename detection options for git-diff and git-diff-tree. By default
('-M'); set it to ('-C') or ('-C', '-C') to also detect copies, or
set it to () if you don't want to have renames detection.
+ * $prevent_xss
+ If true, some gitweb features are disabled to prevent content in
+ repositories from launching cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Set this
+ to true if you don't trust the content of your repositories. The default
+ is false.
Projects list file format
@@ -260,7 +265,9 @@ You can use the following files in repository:
A .html file (HTML fragment) which is included on the gitweb project
summary page inside <div> block element. You can use it for longer
description of a project, to provide links (for example to project's
- homepage), etc.
+ homepage), etc. This is recognized only if XSS prevention is off
+ ($prevent_xss is false); a way to include a readme safely when XSS
+ prevention is on may be worked out in the future.
* description (or gitweb.description)
Short (shortened by default to 25 characters in the projects list page)
single line description of a project (of a repository). Plain text file;